Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Key Takeaways The epidermis protects the body from ultraviolet radiation and prevents water loss.The dermis contains glands that produce oil and sweat, ...

In the dermis skin layer, the same bacteria are found across age and gender. This has been shown by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in a new study which has studied skin samples from ...

Hydraulic permeability - the ability of water to move in all directions through a multicellular complex tissue - allows skin to maintain turgor and appear plump. A new approach to quantify the ...

These cross-section images show three-dimensional human skin models made of living skin cells. Untreated model skin (left panel) shows a thinner dermis layer (black arrow) compared with model skin ...

Hydraulic permeability—the ability of water to move in all directions through a multicellular complex tissue—allows skin to maintain turgor and appear plump. A new approach to quantify the hydraulic ...

How do tattoos persist when the skin is constantly regenerating? The reason tattoos persist is that the ink is injected into the dermal layer of the skin, which is the layer of cells below the ...

When most people think of burn injuries, they think of damage to the skin. Burns also affect many other areas of the body because the skin plays such an important role in protecting the body from the ...

Surgeons could use laser-activated glue to attach skin grafts without the scarring and swelling that existing methods can cause. Skin grafts are commonplace in cosmetic surgery, and for burns victims ...